Would achieving healthy people 2010's targets reduce both population levels and social disparities in heart disease?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 598-606

  Alvarado, Beatriz E ^a,d   Harper, Sam ^a   Platt, Robert W ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Lynch, John ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Healthy people programs; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649216836     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.884601     Document Type: Article

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